動人心弦的小男孩 (Little Boy Touches Hearts)

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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。

5 x8 P3 h5 U! O$ w+ u! d2 c% m; MThe boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

. G% ?* J: h9 R! H5 a8 W這男孩不過5、6歲。


The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』

* O" Y: U' ?! ]& u, I6 t$ ]- xThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
6 J. T9 _- G- e9 ~$ \小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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+ W- z1 X2 L" e7 I) T  x# vThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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4 Y! c" y1 p2 e' C4 z4 m' v8 [Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。


# Q6 G' J. ]1 Y; _6 O+ i- I# b; LThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
* n, \/ B3 i8 z  v0 @0 F小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。


' L% M, ^" l7 a. f! a+ I: q  FFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。

'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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1 j. X* B0 J7 T- R0 Z4 x* `7 `" }She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
3 J2 s4 p0 d* W5 M/ _1 C$ t" aI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
; e: ]- e" B0 |+ I2 U: Y! c我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』

) ^( b9 G/ G- R4 M: C/ ?# k& t" aHis eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』
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My heart nearly stopped.
0 N; I* Q! R. ~5 u6 U6 K( E我的心臟幾乎要停止了。

2 C4 g9 y2 L' n6 n3 n7 I2 X$ N, qThe little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』

" n* S; m" l5 P) N  B'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
# Z" ~/ ?% M, ]  o% d然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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8 u' U* H4 n- o; r& EI quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
1 M! w4 ]' |, e% e3 ?8 Z2 z% Z) J小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』

) b* Z' U* F2 w: O6 nThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』

+ Z4 C0 w6 Y/ C( W' O& s'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '

& m! r- d4 L/ ~- u『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。

2 Z5 B8 b% ~6 n  O/ LA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。

I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。

; h: R& o; Y, r5 {& O$ b7 rI couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
6 k- n; \* ^# M小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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- V: ~- y" ?: M5 ?' LThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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& V2 b, e" ]! Y% J1 W! r6 i" R我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。

2 q$ a+ d0 i( wThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
) T9 _, ]8 G: b0 f5 p# b; }小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。

- k. h7 o# g6 U, l3 Z1 }: AWas this the family of the little boy?
7 X/ D7 A4 s" s6 ?* M: K, z他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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- a; j  T! N0 p/ ETwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。

I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.
1 G  w: z5 G. A: W6 J$ @我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。

I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
( I2 R4 n; f- v( \5 q4 L0 C/ O+ |% `still, to this day, hard to imagine.
我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。

7 g1 J  ?5 P- J' q$ V9 P- i) L9 OAnd in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
3 Y/ C# L+ w# ^; `3 X5 q就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。

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